|  | 7.5 | Monitoring and Managing an IPX Network
| 7.5.6 |
Writing a valid IOS command for troubleshooting IPX SAP
The debug ipx sap [events|activity] command displays information about IPX SAP packets that are transmitted or received. One of the two choices [events|activity] aqt the end of the command is required. Events provides less detail in the command output, activity provides more detail that event. Like RIP updates, these SAP updates are sent every 60 seconds and may contain multiple packets. As shown in the example, each SAP packet appears as multiple lines in the output, including a packet summary message and a service detail message. SAP responses may be one of the following: 0x1 -General query 0x2 -General response 0x3 -GNS request 0x4 -GNS response In each line of the SAP response of the sample output, the address and distance of the responding or target router is listed.